Metallic bed



NOV. 18, 1941. s RADUNS 2,262,775

METALLIC BED Filed Jan. 24 193a A PM Ti v Wm INVENTOR ahmazz 12s Patented Nov. 18, 1941 METALLIC BED Solomon Raduns, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Greenpoint Metallic Bed Gompany, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application January 24, 1938, Serial No. 186,505

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a metallic bed construction and it particularly relates to a novel method of combining the panel with the tubular frame of the foot and head pieces of metallic beds.

In my copending application, Ser. No. 114,599, filed December 7, 1936, which has matured into Patent No. 2,106,657, January 25, 1938, there is disclosed a metallic bed construction in which a panel is held upon a tubular U-shaped frame by a welded connection to said tubular frame.

The connection is preferably formed by providing a folded member or a U-shaped member, the recess of which faced inwardly .and the sides of which were pressed together to grip and firmly hold the periphery of the panel or plate covering the U.

In one construction the inside flange or leg of the U was spot-welded or seam-welded to the tubular frame, while in another embodiment the panel itself was connected by welding or spotting to the frame and the periphery of such panel was flanged and turned over and inwardly to cover the welding.

Among the objects of the present invention are to provide other improved panel constructions for the head piece and foot piece of metallic beds, in which the panel will be closely united with the frame, although separate therefrom, without the necessity of slotting or otherwise affecting the 33 structural integrity of the frame.

Another object is to provide artistic head and foot piece constructions for metallic beds, in which, although the panel will be unitarily joined to the frames of tubular stock, such junction will not weaken either the panel or frame construction, and may be readily and inexpensively made without detracting from the artistic appearance of the bed and decorative effect thereof. I

A further object is to provide improved close In accomplishing the above objects it has been 7 found most satisfactory to form the frame of tubular stock which may consist of welded tubing or rolled-intubing, shown of square cross-section but also possibly of other polygonal or circular cross sections.

The U-shaped strips or the other holding strips may be attached to the outside or rear faces or even the inside faces of the U-shaped tubular frames and desirably the recesses of such U- shaped holding strips may face outwardly so that the flanges on the peripheries of the panels will be turned inwardly. The peripheries of the panels may also be turned over the tubular frame members to engage or overlie one or more sides thereof and in certain instances portions of the tubular frame may be extended to form the holder strips.

In other forms, flanges on the ends of the panels may be caused to extend into tubular end frames adjacent to the corners thereof, but this last mentioned construction is generally not preferred.

In the accompanying drawing are shown several of the various possible embodiments according to the present invention, to which the present invention is, however, by nov means restricted since many changes and alterations may be made therein, all within the scope of the invention, this drawing being by way of illustration only and not by way of limitation.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a metallic bed and construction, the foot piece being illustratively shown.

Fig. 2 is a transverse fragmentary section view upon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and upon an enlarged sectional view as compared with Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 to 12 are respectively fragmentary transverse section views of alternative bed end construction similar to Fig. 2.

Referring to Fig. l, the bed is provided with a tubular frame structure A, which may consist of folded or welded tubing, which is shown in the present illustration as of squar cross-section. It is obvious, however, that this tubing may be of other cross-sections, such as hexagonal, triangular, octagonal, round, oval, and it may carry various forms of ornamental grooving or ridging. The tubing is preferably unsplit and is of such a form as will not tend to separate upon stress or strain being applied thereto.

As shown in Fig. 1, the tubing A is of an inverted U-shape but other forms may ,be employed and the tubing may be employed solely at the sides of the bed. There may also be additional tubing extending across the bed structure and between the legs of the inverted U at various levels.

The panel B, which is of sheet metal, is preferably connected with the U-shaped frame A by a welded connection and desirably the peripheral outside leg l1.

or structure is also preferably provided extending inwardly over or under the periphery of the panel.

Referring particularly to Fig. 2, the frame A is composed of the tubing ll! of square cross-section, said tubing having a front wall II, a rear wall l2, an outside wall l3, and an inside wall l4.

Attached to the tubular member ID at the wall I l' is the U-shaped holder C, which has an inside leg I 5 which may be spot or seam welded to the face ll of the tubular member III at [6. The U-shaped member C is also provided with an The periphery of the frame B is provided with an inturned flange I8 which fits between the flanges l5 and II and abuts the bottom of the recess between said flanges I5 and II. The outturned flange I! at its end abuts the bottom of the recess between the periphery 25 of the panel B and the inturned flange l8. 3

Preferably the flange I8 is clamped between the flanges l5 and I! while the flange I1 is clamped between the flange l8 and the periphery 25 of the panel B.

In applying the panel B to the frame A, the U-member C may first be applied by the connection f6. Then if desired, the legs 20 may be pressed together in the directions indicated by the arrows 2| and the panel B may be slid into position from the top of the bed in the direction 22 with the inturned flange l8 engaging and being received in the recess of the U-member C.

Then the legs 20 are permitted to spring apart in the directions indicated by the dotted arrows 23, which will result in the panel being subjected to a substantial lateral tension by the legs tending to move outwardly in the direction 23.

This construction gives a very satisfactory bed end which will have a minimum of resonance and which will stand up under varying conditions. To cause closer contact between the flanges I5, I! and I8 a pressure roller may be run I In Fig. 3 the Welded connection i6 is directly,

attached to the periphery 2-5 of the panel B and the inturned flange l8 overlies the front of the panel B.

In Fig. 4 the panel B has portions 26, 2'! and 28 respectively encircling the sides H l3 and I2 of the member A over the inside face M of the bed and has a welded connection "5 The holder member C has one portion 29 overlying the portion I3 of the frame A and 21 of the .panel'B and it is provided with the The flange 25 extends end legs 30, having the inturned flanges 3|, which are provided with a welded connection at 32 to the members 26 and 28 respectively. In this construction the legs 20 may be permitted to spring back into the recess between the elements 2B, 21 and 28, as shown by the arrows 23 in Fig. 1.

Then the flange 25 may be inturned and welded and finally U-member C may be attached.

In Fig. 5 the periphery 25 has an inturned flange I8 which is welded at I6 to the wall ll of the frame.

" In Fig. 6 the periphery 25 of the panel B has an inturned flange I8 welded at I6 to the Wall J3 of the member I83 The angle member 35 has the flanges .36 and 31 respectively spot-Welded at 38 and 39 to the panel B and the wall I4 In Fig. '7 the wall I3 is provided with an extension 40 which is turned inwardly Over the wall H and over the periphery 25 of the panel 35. The welding I6 serves to connect the flange 40 to the panel B In Fig. 8 both the wall I3 and the wall II are provided with an extension 4!, the inner side of which is spot-welded at IE to the periphery 25 of the panel B.

It will be noted that in Figs. 7 and 8 the attachment flanges extend from the corners 42 and 43 of the members A and A without splitting said members or weakening them.

In Fig. 9 the flange I8 may be folded inside of the corner 44 of the element A and it may lie against the inside face of the wall I l and be connected thereto by the welding I6 In Fig. 10 the flange I8 is inturned to lie against the wall l3 to which it is connected by welding I6 7 In Fig. 11 the U-member C is positioned on the back wall 12* of the member A and the panel B has portions 45 and 46 extending around the tubular structure I9 The inner leg of the U- member C may be welded to the wall !2 of the member I9 In the structure Fig. 12 the U-member m is placed on the side wall 13 of the member A and the flange 46 overlies the wall I3 It is obvious, of course, that the U-members C to C may be positioned at other places than shown either at other corners of the tubular members or spaced inside of the corner. If the tubular members are of diiferent shapes than shown, the side walls of the U-members C may be correspondingly shaped. It is also possible to make the U-members of other forms than shown, and if desired the legs may be of uneven lengths with the inside leg being much longer than the outside leg and being welded to the frame at the extension beyond the outside leg. I

The corner extensions 40 and 4| of Figs. 7 and 8 might also be provided in other corners than those specifically shown or at other places in the periphery of the square, octagonal or round tubular members Ill.

It is thus apparent that there is provided an improved bed end construction particularly adapted to metallic beds, which will stand up under considerable changes of temperature, which will be readily shipped and stored and which will be able to withstand considerable stress without breakage or separation.

The invention, however, is not intended to be restricted to any particular construction or arrangement of parts, or to any particular application of any such construction, or to any specific A metallic bed end construction comprising.

an inverted U-shaped unsplit tubular frame, said tubular frame having a rectangular cross section and said cross section having front, back, outside and inside walls, a sheet metal panel covering said U and extending between the legs and base thereof, said panel having an inturned peripheral flange, said flange extending over and covering the outside and back walls and extending partly over the inside wall, and a U-shaped holder for the panel, said holder being attached to said flange, said holder consisting of a folded metal strip having a flattened U-cross section, said flange being positioned inside of said folded metal strip and being clamped between the legs of said U-shaped holder, the portion of said flange extending across the outside wall of said frame section being covered by the base of said U-shaped holder and the legs of said U-shaped holder consisting of folded in double thicknesses of sheet metal and being spot Welded to the portions of said panel extending across the front and back Walls of said frame section.

SOLOMON RADUNS. 

